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Lama Jampa Thaye’s new book considers the space for Buddhism in our culture – a space that has been opened up by the failure of our dominant systems of thought to provide an intelligent account of what it is to be human and how we should conduct ourselves in this world.

“At the heart of the Buddha’s teachings is the insight that suffering arises primarily from our mistaken ideas about ourselves and the nature of the world. As Buddha pointed out, suffering afflicts all beings and hence is undoubtedly present in all cultures. However, maybe our culture is unique in selling the promise of happiness so strongly but delivering only disappointment and bewilderment. According to Buddha, liberation from suffering is always possible, through the transformation of our error into understanding. Thus, despite its ancient origins, Buddhism would seem to be uniquely well-suited to the modern world.” – Wisdom in Exile, Introduction.

Wisdom in Exile examines how best the Buddha’s teachings might be understood and practised today – and argues that unless we discriminate between authentic and fake presentations and resist the temptation to assimilate it to contemporary ideologies, the opportunity for it to shape our lives will be lost and Buddhism itself is likely to remain in cultural memory as nothing more than a temporary fad.

“Wisdom in Exile proposes a fresh approach to Buddhism, one in which the fundamental tenets of the Buddha’s teachings are rediscovered.” (His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin, head of the Sakya School of Tibetan Buddhism).

Copies of the book will be on sale at the event.

Speaker

Lama Jampa Thaye, author of Wisdom in Exile, will give an introduction to his new work, followed by a Q&A.

Details

Thursday 22 June 2017; 18:45 for a 19:00 start, followed by a reception.